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lurchy

lurchy adjective: moving with a lurch.

Adjective

lurchy (comparative more lurchy, superlative most lurchy)

  1. (informal) Moving with a lurch.
    • The new nine-speed automatic transmission has made it smoother than the five-speed, but I still found it lurchy and lumbering.2015 July 25, Zoe Williams, “On the road: Honda CR-V – car review”, in The Guardian

Forms of lurchy

comparativemore lurchy
superlativemost lurchy

Origin of lurchy

From lurch + -y.

Words that rhyme with lurchy

Questions about lurchy

What does lurchy mean?
Lurchy means moving with a lurch.
What part of speech is lurchy?
Lurchy is an adjective.

Words near lurchy in the dictionary

  1. lurches
  2. lurcheth
  3. lurching
  4. lurchingly
  5. lurchings
  6. lurchy
  7. lurdan
  8. lurdane
  9. lurdanes
  10. lurdans
  11. lurden

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